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Utah has some amazing gems, let’s see a show of hands who would trek this? 🌲
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Room with a view 🏙 If there wasn’t so much to see & do in NYC, I would have been quiiiiiiite content posted up - spending the day reading in this cozy little nook at @innsidenewyork! {A peek into our stay at this NoMad getaway is live on the blog!}
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But speaking of reading ... I’m in a book slump! 🤦🏻‍♀️📚 Halfway through the second in the All Souls series and it’s just not hooking me like the first one did 😭 if you’ve read them - tell me it picks up?! It’s always so hard for me to not finish a book once I start it though. 🤷🏻‍♀️ What are you reading lately?! 📖 Y’all always have the best recs! 💙💙 #lonestarlgtravels#innsidenewyorknomad#newyorkcity#roomwithaview#travelblogger

612313 hours ago

A place to remember captured by: @mihaimorar
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1,1681135 hours ago

👋🏽 It’s been a minute. Read on...
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.📸: @jeffrleong / @pnoo .
‘So, what exactly have you been up to this past year?’ Is a question I’ve been asked a lot recently.

I had always told myself that if I ever lived anywhere outside of San Francisco, I’d live outside of the US before anywhere else. That opportunity came much sooner than expected.

Last year, around this time, I left SF on a leap of faith and moved to Hong Kong without a job or any concrete plan (thanks for the encouragement @lucaslappe 🙏🏽). I had set a personal runway of five months to live sufficiently, explore creative projects and travel. I figured I would make it up as I go. All I was running with at the time was that I didn’t want a full-time role.

I’m an advocate for taking calculated risks on one’s passions, but I’m very aware that I’m impatient as fuck with results. I quickly began to understand that working towards your goals takes true unadulterated effort and time. That system of time which we are bound by doesn’t discriminate and it’s something we all share equally.

That’s when things started to click. Within a month or so of living in HK I started to meet some smart people who were willing to share their insights on building companies around a range of interesting physical/digital products (@romankhan_@jenn.a.chong@pnoo just a few). Fast forward a year and a dozen HK/SF design clients later and that initial ‘runway’ has slowly grown.

Freelancing while traveling has its obvious perks, but also many hidden costs; lack of routine, inconsistent income, hindered focus. However having had a taste of it, and this will sound overtly millennial, I truly believe the future of work will be more openly remote and our society is already well on our way to that.

To all the friends and family I’ve met along the way, you’ve made every place I’ve lived and traveled through feel like home. Thankful for the couches I’ve crashed, meals we’ve shared, and conversations had.

Not sure what the next year of life has in store, but living life at what feels like full-force and on my own terms feels hard to beat.

Enter now to win two seats for our Turkish Paladar on March 15th or 16th at Polly's Paladar Supper Club in Nevada City. Two nights of Turkish cuisine, song, and dance. Proceeds will benefit the California Heritage Indigenous Research Project (@nevadacityrancherianisenan ). Vegan, vegetarian, and gluten-free options are available.
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Chef Tutku Tezveren @tutkusmezes
Live music with Jason O'Keefe @jasonmusic108
Bellydance by Hailey Sanura @haileysanura
Turkish textiles by Mezo Mosaics
Benefitting C.H.I.R.P.
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INSTAGRAM SEAT CONTEST:
Win two seats to #aşkpaladar by following these rules:
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1. Follow us on Instagram at @pollyspaladar.
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2. Tag as many friends as you want in the comments. You get your name in the hat for EACH one!
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3. For extra credit, #regram this photo to your account and your entries DOUBLE! Remember to add the hashtag, #pollyspaladarseatcontest so that I can see it! If you have a private page and I cannot see it, DM me.
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If you see this on any other social media platform other than Instagram, pop on over, because this is where the contest is. Comments on #twitter or #facebook DO NOT count!
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The seats are a $160 value! Taxes and fees do not apply, but they do not add up to THAT much either. This unique dining event is going to be super fun! Ready, set, go!
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WINNER ANNOUNCED ON MARCH 8TH
•#pollyspaladar#paladar#supperclub#nevadacity#aşk#turkishfood#turkish#turkishcuisine#california#food#cook#delicious#bellydance#nomad

Disfrutar was a culinary masterpiece. Molecular gastronomy at its finest and truly incorporated every one of the senses on a truly remarkable experience. 30 courses and 4 hours flew by. Thank you @disfrutarbcn! @mappinmileswmichael@bigjudz@zoenoy5